Brush holder



L. w. SELBY BRUSH HOLDER ild Aug. 29. 1924 INVENTOR l WITNESS: vwATTORNEY Patented Oct. 6, 1925.

' BRUSH HOLDER.

Application led August 29, 1924. Serial No. 734,970.

To all 'whom it may cof/worn:

Be it known that l, LUTHER W. SELBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arapaho, in the county of Custer and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Brush Holders, of which y thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in brushes and has for an objectthe provision of means especially adapted to be removably secured to apaint, kalsomine or similar brush for collecting surplus paint orkalsomine which runs down the handle of the brush when the latter isused in an inverted position.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of theabove character which provides an auxiliary handle capable of'beingremovably secured to' the brush forl collecting surplus paint orkalsomine, means being provided whereby the auxiliary handle may be usedwith a number of brushes.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includesthe following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view with the brush shown by dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the invention comprises a hollow memberwhich is shaped substan. tially the same as the handle of the brush towhich it is to be secured, the member including a relatively wideelongated portion 10 which is open at one end and which merges into asubstantially cylindrical portion or grip 11, the latter providing acollecting chamber 12. This chamber' has a discharge outlet 13 which isnormally closed by a cap 14. This cap threadedly engages the member soas to be removably secured in place and acts to clamp the packing 15over the end of the discharge outlet 13.

The member thus described provides an auxiliary handle which isadaptedto receive the handle 16 of thebrush 17, the handle 16 being insertedthrough the open end of the enlarged portion 10.V The auxiliary handleis so shaped and'proportioned that the brush handle 16 will be spacedfrom the inner walls of the auxiliary handle except at the enlargedportion 10 and the inner walls ofthis portion are provided withlongitudinally disposed spaced grooves 18 which cooperate with the.

handle 16 of thebrush to provide passages, whereby surplus paint or thelike from the brush maypass downward into the chamber 12 when the brushis used in an vinverted position. Any suitable means may be provided forremovably securing the auxiliary Y handle to the brush handle, the meansshown consisting of screws l19.

The invention provides an exceedingly useful article which may beremovably secured to a brush for the collect-ion of surplus paint andthe like and from which the paint may be readily drained by removing thecap 14. This prevents the paint from running down over the handle and inaddition to preventing waste of the paint, acts to prevent the paintfrom drippingv upon the floor of a room when the latter is beingdecorated.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly `fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. The combinationwith a brush having an elongated handle, of a hollow auxiliary handleopen at one end to receive the handle of the brush, said auxiliaryhandle having its inner walls provided with longitudinally disposedspaced grooves extending inwardly from the open end adjacent the brushbristles andcooperating with the brush handle to provide drain passagesfor directingl surplus liquid from thebru'sh into the opposite end ofthe auxiliary handle, a normally closed drain outlet for the V`las'tmentioned end of. the auxiliary handle and means forrremov-` ablysecuring the auxiliary handle in place.

2. The combination with a brush having` an elongated handle, of a hollowauxiliary handle open at one end and receiving the site end of theauxiliary handle and the last brush handle, the open end of the hollowmentioned end of said auxiliary handle havhandle being spaced from andterminating ing an opening therein, a removable closure 10 adjacent thebristle base of the brush and OI the Opening and means for removably 5spaced from the latter to provide a passage securing the handle to thebrush handle.

open at the end adjacent the brush bristles, In testimony whereof I aiixmy signature. said passage extending through to the oppo- LUTHER W.SELBY.

